Photgraphs

I've not uploaded any of my own pictures recently so here are a few....

This one i took out of the window this morning. There was some thin fog and you can just make out where the sun is shining through. I've just adjusted the levels on this image and cropped it.

The above two images have been filtered; dry brush and palette knife with level adjustments.

Guerrilla advertising!

I love guerrilla advertising. I really admire the clever creativity and humour put into every piece. Just by googling 'guerrilla marketing' i could look for hours...Whilst looking at retail styles for my boogazine i have been looking at guerrilla used as a style within retail but it's brought me back to looking these clever adverts and stunts again...


"Airlines keep surprising us. Some airlines earn massive negative buzz in social media by frequently losing people’s luggage unexpectedly. Spanair however, is turning it’s clever guerrilla Christmas campaign Unexpected Luggage into a viral video…"

This video is a real feel-good one, it's a lovely one to watch at Christmas and i just love how it brings all the passengers together at the end instead of stepping off the plane in their own little worlds and then going off their own separate ways.

I love this advert for security glass. It's the blunt confidence in the product that gives it its brilliance.






Then theres the 'shockers', the double take... is it real? is it not? Then you see the reassuring and conveniently place sticker beside the hanging arm...






A tactically placed deodorant bottle!







Then theres the supersize ones, which are so clever! There are so many everyday objects that could be used this way!






"there are better ways to make a career!"

Then there's the silly or rude ones which are always brilliant! and captures the imagination of the immature amongst us!

The Fibonacci spiral

I've come to the stage in my future life project where i need to think about producing scale drawings of the structure i have designed. My mum is a maths teacher and reminded me of the fibonacci spiral and that it might help me to produce a perfect spiral.

The fibonacci sequence is as follows-
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and so on...

This is reached by adding the first two numbers to get the third, the second and third to get the fourth, the third and fourth to get the fifth etc....

1
1+1 =2
1+2=3
2+3=5
3+5=8
5+8=13
and so on......

So when u arrange a series of squares like this with these lengths, you get the perfect spiral!

Hargreaves Bathrooms

Here are my final boards for the Hargreaves Bathrooms 'Bath To The Future' competition.

(text may be too small to read on here sorry! -click to enlarge)

Bathroom design competition

Earlier on in my blog i mentioned a competition to design a bathroom for a local celebrity in association with Hargreaves bathrooms in Burnley. The celebrity i chose was Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle. Here is where i am up to in the design process before presenting next week;

I've created two visuals to represent both sides of the room. The shapes in the room reflect those that a gymnast would make- sleek and curved. I wanted something that was chic, glamorous and sophisticated to reflect Beth's glamorous side outside of her sporting career...

Honours project site survey

Here is the plan and elevation drawing i have done after visiting my site

and a rendered visual of the tower...
I've used photoshop to apply a range of textures and add an image in the background. I've used brush tools to add certain effects and a watercolour filter on the brick.

Rendering

A couple of weeks ago I had a go at rendering for the first time. I saw a great example of rendering in this month's Blueprint magazine...

These are Wilkinson Eyre's plans for development of the Wellcome Collection. I love how every interior space has been rendered to show its use, the space has been occupied by people and furniture and the walls are clear in bold black. I also like how the outside space is represented, It shows it's use too without detracting away from the main design with it being in grey.

Rendering

Here is my first attempt at rendering a section drawing...

The building I have rendered is the one I have chosen to do my honors project on- the water tower in Ormskirk.

Hargreaves Bathrooms

We have received a brief for a competition called 'Bath to the future' The competition is for hargreaves bathrooms. We are to design a bathroom of the future for a North West celebrity. You can take a practical approach to the project or a conceptual one. The practical approach would be using fixtures and fittings from suppliers and the conceptual would be more of a fantasy design. 

My chosen celebrity is Beth Tweddle, an Olympic Gymnast.

Here is my client board.

I love the shapes Beth makes as a gymnast. Elegant smooth sweeps and curves. I'd like to replicate these in my design along with a touch of glamour. I'd also like to add in some technology that would benefit Beth as an athlete. Things like a toilet that tests your urine and tells you what you are deficient in, and then gives advice on how to then correct this. A bath that massages you... here is my mood board...

Ive taken some of these ideas and used the plan view cad plans to do some overlay drawings...

I now need to put these ideas into a 3D visual.

Future Life - Model

After a few sketches I decided that my model should be made from the bottle tops arranged horizontally and attached by wire. I decided that instead of having a separate canapy covering the structure it will be best to alter the shape so that one isn't needed. I made a model to try and visualise what it may look like and did some quick rendering to see what the finished effect may be like...

The structure could close over when it is not being used, It would sort of roll into itself and lock up.

Future Life- bottle cap structure

For my future life project i would like to use bottle caps to form my structure but i'm not entirely sure how i want to go about it so need to do some experimentation...
Firstly, Here is the project brief that i have written for myself.

Thanks to a friend i luckily now have over 100 bottle caps to experiment with!...

Here is an initial idea of what i thought the structure could look like;

with the bottle caps stacked on top of eachother connected by wire in the centre a bit like this...

to then make something like this....

lots of which would turn into something like this....

An alternative would be to arrange the bottle caps side to side like this

They can be attached together using wire and wrapped around a free standing metal structure

Or some can be arranged to create a letter or shape....

all together it would look something like this...

making a structure looking similar to this...

Boogazine- refined topic

So, My previous boogazine topic was too broad to continue with. It didn't focus on anything in particular. I've therefore decided to refine my subject and to look into how the interior effects us and how it can improve the success of a business for example.
 The question i would be asking would be along the lines of-

• How important is Interior Design in the success of commercial businesses?
• The role of the interior in selling
• The role of interior design in commercial success.

I will look into;

• why it is so important to make a good first impression
• why do we judge things on their looks, association and assumptions.
• reflecting the brand in the design, brand identity
• creating a look and doing it on a budget
• studies looking at the relation between design and success
• human needs, classes and target audience.
• how layout plays a part
• effects of a recession
• 'roll out' themes, common threads between chains
• commonality between successful designs

I will look at studies that prove or disprove the idea that interior design is important in the success of a retail environment, cafes, restaurants etc

I also look at examples of successful businesses where their success has come from their interior design.

I will look into the idea behind certain interiors and then the success of the business or development afterwards.

Future life - design proposal

Here is a poster to sum up my design proposal for the street pastor 'hub'....

and the site proposal...

Back to Boogazine!

So, I was recently asked to produce a proposal form for my tutor so that he could get an idea of my chosen topic and what it is that i will write about. Here is my proposal;


                                                                                                                                                                   

DD3000 Design Futures – BA(Hons) Interior Design

Boogazine Draft Proposal                                          Name Amy Caine

 1.   Initial Topic and Object of Study

Looking at aspects of psychology in design

 
2. Title      

How is psychology related to design?

 
3.       Research Question

How is psychology related to design?

4.       Aims of the Boogazine

Looking at areas such as association and the subconscious and how the likes of colours and themes play a part in how we remember things and make assumptions on others. Looking into human needs and what it is that makes us want things or like particular things, empathy and attachment with objects.

 

5.    History/Background of the Subject

Psychology, whether we know it or not has always played a part in design. There has always been a reason for us to prefer a certain style or look. There has to be a reason why a certain colour or material is appropriate for a certain setting or place. And it is also the reason why  market researchers know exactly how to target their customers. Our memories are formed by our experiences of the designs of others. We then use these experiences to familiarise and to form our own opinions.

 

6.      Initial Bibliography/Webography

Books-How designers think: the design process demystified, Theory of Semiotics, Emotionally durable design: Objects, experiences and empathy, Idea of design, Manufactured pleasures: psychological responses to design. Web pages-http://designshack.net/articles/business-articles/design-meets-psychology-putting-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-to-work/ - Design Meets Psychology: Putting Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Work http://www.director.co.uk/afterhours/property/homes/phom8.html - deception by designhttp://www.decorate-redecorate.com/interior-design-color.html - Common Psychological Associations of Colours: What They Say About You http://www.forrestpainterdesign.com/FPD/Home.html - Design Psychology http://www.apa.org/careers/resources/profiles/painter.aspx - Susan Lee Painter, PhD. Design Psychologist.

 
My tutor's reply was that even though the subject sounded interesting, it was too broad, and that i should focus on something more specific. for example, how this idea relates to a person or a building.

Initially, I have NO thoughts. I'm struggling to refine my subject. However, after flicking through a copy of Blueprint it has got me thinking.....

Ideas

The psychology behind Hotel Droog- How it defies all laws of a 'hotel' and why.

The psychology behind the work of Antoni Gaudi

What makes a home? - how we define ourselves with the things we use and possess



a good website for the psychology behind architecture - http://sensingarchitecture.com/1456/environmental-psychology-what-every-architect-should-ask-themselves/

 

I still don't feel these ideas are strong enough! time to ask my tutor... again!